Malaysia’s World No. 1 Tower Runner Soh Wai Ching Wins Another European Title
He won the overall category title in the Zagreb Tower Challenge by completing 25-floors with 490 steps in 2:38s.
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Malaysia’s world number one tower runner, Soh Wai Ching, attained another title in the Europe Towerrunning Championships for the second time on Saturday (3 September).
According to New Straits Times, Soh won the overall category title in the Zagrepcanka 512 (Zagreb Tower challenge) in Zagreb, Croatia, by completing 25-floors with 490 steps (83.3 metre elevation gain) in two minutes and 38 seconds.
He defeated Croatian Kristijan Rubinic, who recorded 2:55s for second place and his compatriot Danijel Pecek, who clocked 2:58s for third place.
However, Soh fell short of just four seconds from setting the course record (CR).
He said he made some mistakes on the first run and ended up with a time of 2:38s. After resting for about 30 minutes, he went again for the second run in a bid to break the CR.
Then I gave it my final attempt for the CR after about a 45 minutes break. I felt the fatigueness on my leg even before the start, my mind kept telling me that I am tired, but I decided to give a final shot for the CR and implement another technique.
Soh Wai Ching told Bernama
Soh added that he would have to return next year to attempt to break the CR.
On 29 August, Soh defended the Kolntum Treppenlauf (Cologne Towerrun) crown with a new CR.
He won the overall category title in the Germany Towerrunning Championship (Cologne Tower challenge) by completing 39-floors with 714 steps (132m elevation gain) in 3:17s.
In total, Soh won Double Gold from the Germany Towerrunning Championship and Zagreb Tower Run.
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